Enough is Too Much.

Maybe there are some limits.

Who we are.

I watch, with fascination, the progress of the parade of poor, wretched people marching from Central America to the promise of freedom and hope. And I worry that they might actually make it. Not to find jobs. Oh, there are plenty of jobs for them, from meat packing plants, to picking crops, installing roofs…

The Best and worst

Change, and Its Acidic Effect

To NATO, or Not To Nato

“There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honor. Benjamin Disraeli.

It was not long ago the shining stars of the republican party were a group of midwestern men running for governor of…

Spending our way to the worst outcome possible,

It sounds good, but is it?

As I listen to President Trump talk about his increasing defense spending, his rambling, almost incoherent speech about “nobody will mess with us.” I have to wonder who? Who…

A Day In The Park

looking for inspiration, and finding a little bit of myself. Nature gives, without…

Friday and Saturday, The Difference.

A Good Commute gone Bad

On my morning commute, yesterday, things went bad. It started at what is called, locally, the Fifth Avenue curve. A gentle sweeping arc that sends you from a warming southern drive seeming soft and kind casual and…

Two Weeks, Wow, only two?

Almost two weeks in and President Trump has been extremely busy. Besides his exhaustive tweet schedule, and I defy anybody to try to keep up with the man, he has made time to call, harass, and irritate people all over the world.

I’ve noticed, it would be almost impossible to ignore, that most efforts to combat homelessness don’t really address helping the homeless. It is as if the homeless and not homelessness is the real problem. They don’t mind the homeless, they would just like them to be less conspicuous about it. Maybe, they could be homeless someplace else, someplace…

Well, Senator, what do you say?

This morning on Marketplace there was a story about the drop in values of pharmaceutical stock after a statement President Elect Trump made about the profits, and tax havens, of American drug manufacturers. It struck me as odd that an elected official would have such casual…